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By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-gas-and-big-oil-spent-record-27.html Chevron topped fossil fuel lobbying expenses with $11.3 million in 2023 Big Oil and Big…
Feb 13, 2024By Thomas Elias, THE MERCURY NEWS For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for…
Feb 13, 2024By Stephen Hobbs, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article284935592.html Allstate wants to raise the average price of its home insurance policies by almost 40% for…
Feb 12, 2024By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/prop-24-data-privacy-18659367.php Californians can now enforce a ballot measure that seeks to protect privacy rights by allowing…
Feb 9, 2024By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/8/2222210/-CRC-Ploy-To-Buy-Aera-Is-Way-To-Avoid-Plugging-Idle-Wells-Extending-Life-Of-Depleted-Oil-Fields?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=community_groups_California+politics&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA— Oil companies and other big corporations base their operations on a model of privatizing the…
Feb 8, 2024By Makenna Sievertson, LA IST https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/leaky-roof-guide-tips The recent record-setting storm may have moved on, but some of us are still dealing with water…
Feb 8, 2024By Khari Johnson, CAL MATTERS A constant hum fills the air at California’s tax agency this time of year phones ring and…
Feb 8, 2024By Teresa Moss, REPAIR DRIVEN NEWS A California law has given Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, the ability to block $3.16…
Feb 5, 2024By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2024-02-04/in-chula-vista-not-much-is-public-when-it-comes-to-public-records In Chula Vista, even when public records have been retrieved, reviewed, redacted and released,…
Feb 4, 2024By Eli Flesch, LAW 360 https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Calif.-Rate-Approvals-Centered-In-Coverage-Crisis-Debate-Law360-Insurance-Authority.pdf Law360 (February 2, 2024, 10:27 PM EST) — A California law permitting public challenges to proposed…
Feb 2, 2024By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS Insurance companies and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara have blamed the state’s insurance woes on what they call…
Feb 2, 2024By Staff Reporters, KFI-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 2, 2024By Ari Plachta, SACRAMNETO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article284917677.html California’s new gasoline industry watchdog wants to see mysterious price spikes at the pump come to…
Feb 1, 2024By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO The agency Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers created a year ago to do something about gasoline price spikes…
Jan 31, 2024By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/30/2220418/-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permit-Approvals-Cratered-In-2023-As-Chevron-Wells-Produced-Only-3-Barrels-Per-Day?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA—California oil regulators issued 95% fewer permits to drill new wells and 25% fewer…
Jan 30, 2024By Thomas Elias, VC STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2024/01/29/energy-commission-takes-step-1-limit-on-gas-prices-should-be-next/72395493007/# For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for…
Jan 29, 2024By Sabrina Valle, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/california-big-oil-are-splitting-after-century-long-affair-2024-01-29/ It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S.…
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Consumer Watchdog is looking for law students eager to help make a difference in consumer rights, privacy, and corporate accountability to join…
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